Moving the US Troops in 1917-19

I have a copy of a book entitled A History of the Transport
Service by Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, U.S.N. It was
published in 1921 and describes the incredible
effort needed to transport millions of American troops
both over to France and back home again. Several
tables and illustrations from the book are available
from my Flickr account, by following the links
on this page.
This information may help
if you are looking for a particular ship or wish
to see the statistics behind this major war effort.

Listings of Ships

The following images were scanned from the book mentioned
above. These pages list the ships used
to take troops over to France. These ships also took
part in the return of the troops. Any of the German
ships listed here were seized by the US after
it's entrance into the War in 1917. (Note that other German
ships were used to return troops, but those ships
were given to the US as part of the post-War reparations.)
Each line is formatted thus: NAME of SHIP [tonnage], Ship Origin, 'Turns:', Number of Turnarounds, 'Px:', Total Passengers Carried to Europe, Date this ship started to carry troops (Month, Day-Year as '17' or '18' for 1917 or 1918).

The same table as above, but sorted by
the number of troops handled. This information
may be of use to collectors, since there
may be a relationship between the number of troops,
and the number of possible postcards and letters
purchased and/or mailed from these ships. Some
of these ships carried very, very few passengers
during the War.

Seized German Liners

A number of German ocean liners were interned by the US
at the start of the European war (1914). They were
seized when the US entered the war (1917) and
converted to troopships as quickly as possible, since
the US did not have sufficient capacity to carry
troops. The ships were renamed from their German
names, when appropriate. The listings are headed
by the city in which they were interned. Each line
lists the ship name, with the [original German ship name]
and the (tonnage) of the ship.